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Prime Minister Mark Carney departs Vancouver International Airport on Tuesday for a nine-day trip to China, Qatar and Switzerland.

Trump says USMCA ‘irrelevant’ as Canada attempts reset with China

Uncertainty from Trump’s trade agenda is likely to weigh on Carney as he arrives in Beijing for talks

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TEHRAN, IRAN - JANUARY 10: People pass by a destroyed building on January 10, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Some areas of Tehran sustained heavy damage during ongoing protests that came to a head on January 8, amid a growing economic and political crisis sweeping the country. (Photo by Stringer/Getty Images)

Death toll from Iran protests tops 2,500 as Trump repeats threats against regime

U.S. President asks Iranians to ‘keep protesting,’ says ‘help is on its way’ while cutting off the prospect of talks with Iranian officials

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Justice Sheilah L. Martin is retiring. Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada since December 18, 2017.

Supreme Court Justice Sheilah Martin to retire in May

Justice Martin’s retirement gives Carney his first opportunity to name someone to the top court

David Ebner

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 23: Signs are seen at the Live Nation NYC headquarters on May 23, 2024 in New York City. The Department of Justice has filed a federal lawsuit that accuses Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation of illegally monopolizing the live entertainment industry to the detriment of concertgoers and artists alike. The lawsuit seeks to structure how the company operates and includes breaking apart the two entities. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Canadian consumer group seeks to break up Live Nation using changes to competition rules

Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, are driving up costs for artists and fans, the Consumers Council of Canada says

Mariya Postelnyak

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Protesters square off with federal agents in Minnesota as demonstrations continue

Minnesota and two mayors are asking a judge to immediately suspend ICE’s immigration operation in the state

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FILE - An image of former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, who is a fugitive and been charged with allegedly running and participating in a transnational drug trafficking operation, is displayed on a video monitor along with bricks of cocaine, foreground, during a news conference at the FBI offices in Los Angeles, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

FBI seized phone with messages between jeweller, alleged Ryan Wedding drug ring, court documents show

Ontario Superior Court Justice weighing whether to grant Rolan Sokolovski bail

Jill Mahoney

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Freedom Park encampment in Thunder Bay, Ontario, on February 18, 2025. David Jackson / The Globe and Mail

Homelessness in rural, Northern Ontario surging, outpacing rest of province, report says

At least 13% of homeless Ontarians are Indigenous, despite accounting for only about 3% of province’s population

Laura Stone

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Nov 1, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Ernie Clement (22) celebrates with right fielder George Springer (4) after scoring in the sixth inning during game seven of the 2025 MLB World Series at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images

Blue Jays playoff star Ernie Clement named to Team USA for World Baseball Classic

Third baseman’s strong 2025 postseason showed he can play at an elite level

Marty Klinkenberg

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How we live

Leaving the Arctic is tough, but returning to ‘civilization’ is much harder

The world expects you to quickly get back into the swing of things after some time away, but its okay make your return slowly

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Why I’m heading back to Montego Bay after Hurricane Melissa

Leah Eichler

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I told my senior dog it’s okay to go chase squirrels in the sky, but she had other plans

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What makes a word ‘Canadian’? These linguistic warriors are working hard to find out

Leah Eichler

A Rooster coffee shop in Toronto with the “Americano” name covered up by a “Canadiano” sign, nearly 11 months since tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump spurred a “Buy Canadian” movement.
January 7, 2026
(Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail)

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A well-timed entry to investing helped this Calgary couple buy a $550,000 townhouse

Zahra Khozema

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Ontario fast-tracks Canada Nickel’s Crawford mine permitting in response to U.S. trade war

Niall McGee

Mark Selby, CEO of Canada Nickel, stands outside of the doorway to the Exchange Tower in Toronto, ON on November 9th, 2023. Duane Cole/The Globe and Mail�

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Ontario court seeks arrest of man in $10-million music-industry heist case

Josh O’Kane

The case of a man accused in an alleged quadruple homicide north of Toronto has been put over to next week. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice is seen in Newmarket, Ont., on Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. Menhaz Zaman has been in custody ever since York Regional Police discovered the bodies of four people inside a home in Markham, Ont., on Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Dentte

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Statistics Canada aiming to cut more than 850 jobs, including 12% of executive ranks

Bill Curry

Signage marks the Statistics Canada offices in Ottawa on July 21, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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Carney meets with coastal First Nations in B.C. to talk resource development

Justine Hunter

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks after he met with Coastal First Nations Leaders in Prince Rupert, B.C. on Tuesday, January 13, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Whitfield

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German submarine maker partners with AI firm Cohere in bid to build next Canadian fleet

Pippa Norman

A submarine, build by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) company, moves through the Kiel Fjord, heading toward the Baltic Sea, off the coast of Kiel, Germany September 1, 2025. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

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CI Financial buys Invesco’s Canadian funds managing $26-billion in assets

James Bradshaw and Clare O’Hara

People cross Bay St. in Toronto's Financial District on Tuesday, January 6, 2026. (Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail)

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U.S. military plane used in Venezuela boat strike was disguised as civilian aircraft, sources say

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at Mar-a-Lago, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Ottawa’s debt writeoffs climb above $5-billion mark

Bill Curry and Mahima Singh

Conservative MP Adam Chambers has introduced a private member’s bill that would add transparency to writeoffs rules. It is expected to proceed to committee in 2026.

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At least 14 high school students, one adult injured after Manitoba school bus rollover

Temur Durrani

Manitoba RCMP Headquarters in Winnipeg, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski

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Opinion

The controversy ICEd out of the Golden Globes

Marsha Lederman

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The independence of the U.S. Federal Reserve is at stake

Andrew Coyne

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Canada’s next budget bomb is the Alto high-speed rail project

Jerome Gessaroli

A rendering of the Alto high-speed rail project.

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A referendum in Alberta could be Donald Trump’s 51st state opportunity

Tony Keller

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Milos Raonic, a model Canadian athlete, calls it a career

Cathal Kelly

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This will be the real test of Mark Carney’s visit to China

Vina Nadjibulla

Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the start of a meeting in Gyeongju on Oct. 31, 2025.

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McDonald’s Canada CEO Annemarie Swijtink, shown at a Toronto restaurant, said the company is lowering its value-meal prices to respond to consumers’ affordability concerns.

McDonald’s lowering value meal prices as cash-strapped customers cut back

Susan Krashinsky Robertson

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So many Big Macs. Trump welcomes a college football team to the White House in 2018.

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Why nearly half of homebuyers still use mortgage brokers

Despite the growth of digital lending, many Canadians turn to brokers for help navigating a complex system

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Peter and Jennifer McGillivray said market conditions at the start of 2025 made buying more appealing.

Could this Toronto couple find a detached home with transit access on a $1-million budget?

Andrea Yu

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How Kelvin and Rosita, both 64, can transfer wealth to their four kids with an estate freeze

Dianne Maley

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Added bedrooms help in sale of Kelowna ranch-style home

Kerry Gold

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Opinion and Analysis

Facing rising demand and budget constraints, Canadian governments need new strategies to deliver public services more efficiently.

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Ottawa’s shutting-out of startup founders is shutting down Canada’s future

Yung Wu

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JPMorgan is ditching shareholder advisory firms in favour of AI. This is a reckoning

Aaron Boles

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A board overlooking the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows an intraday number above 1,600 for the S&P 500, Friday, May 3, 2013. A mixed strategy of investing in growth stocks and dividends allows investors to run with both the bulls and the bears.

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DIY investors should ignore Venezuela and do this instead

Anita Bruinsma

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How retirement is rewiring my brain’s approach to spending

Rob Carrick

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Life & Culture

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is revived by Ralph Fiennes’s vicious performance

The Bone Temple gestures at the fear that turns people against each other, but has a hard time earning emotional investment

Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) in Columbia Pictures' 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE.

Radheyan Simonpillai

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In Robbie Robertson’s posthumous memoir Insomnia, there’s no rest for the wicked

Brad Wheeler

FILE - In this May 29, 1978 file photo, Robbie Robertson, right, a Canadian guitarist of Mohawk ancestry, stands next to American director Martin Scorsese, left, before they presented the film "Last Waltz," a film about Robertson's band, at the 31st Cannes International Film Festival. "RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World," a new PBS Independent Lens documentary set to air Monday, Jan 21, 2019, shows how Native Americans laid the foundations to rock, blues and jazz. (AP Photo, File)

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As an ER doc and a mom, here are five things I don’t let my kids do because the risks are too high

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Inside Alterior, a hub of craft, creativity and community in East Vancouver

Christopher Danforth

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The ‘motherhood penalty’: An accountant (and mother) explains the hidden costs of parenting

Ann Hui

Carleton University researcher Oriane Couchoux is photographed in her home in Blainville, Quebec on the 10th of January 2026. Her children can be seen behind her playing.

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